fasten
To attach or connect in a secure mannerTo attach or connect in a secure manner.
» Please fasten your seat belts and prepare for departure.
Будь ласка, застебніть ремені безпеки і приготуйтеся до відправлення.
Meaning
2 senses(ambitransitive)To attach or connect in a secure manner.
The sailor fastened the boat to the dock with a half-hitch.
Fasten your seat belts!
befestigen, festmachen
закрепля́тьzakrepljátʹ, крепи́тьkrepítʹ, закрепи́тьzakrepítʹ
attach to
To cause to take close effect; to make to tell; to land.
to fasten a blow
Examples
119 sentencesPlease fasten your seat belts and prepare for departure.
Будь ласка, застебніть ремені безпеки і приготуйтеся до відправлення.
Fasten your seat belt, please.
Пристебни ремінь безпеки, будь ласка.
ruПристегните ремни безопасности, пожалуйста.
deSchnallen Sie sich bitte an!
Fasten your seatbelts.
Пристебніть ремені.
ruПристегните ремни.
deBitte anschnallen!
Tom tried to fasten his seatbelt.
ruТом пытался пристегнуться.
Don't forget to fasten your seatbelts.
deVergesst nicht, euch anzuschnallen!
Translations
6 languagesBy meaning 1
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Origin
From Middle English fastenen, from Old English fæstnian, from Proto-West Germanic *fastinōFrom Middle English fastenen, from Old English fæstnian, from Proto-West Germanic *fastinōn (“to secure, fasten”). Equivalent to fast + -en.
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Forms
fastens, fastening, fastened, fastenedPhrasal verbs
2 phrasal verbsSynonyms
3 synonymsAntonyms
1 antonymsWord family
23 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
Collocations
4 patterns- fasten your seatbelt
- fasten your seat
- please fasten your
- please fasten